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2022 selection · Young readers

The Velveteen Rabbit: 100th Anniversary Edition

by Margery Williams, illustrated by Erin Stead

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

The Velveteen Rabbit: 100th Anniversary Edition by Margery Williams, illustrated by Erin Stead appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, family matters, love & romance, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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